News: Capital Region

According to health officials, there is no level of lead in the body that is known to be without harmful effects. That is why NYLCV is urging everyone - homeowners, health care providers, businesses, politicians, educators, etc. - to participate in the federal government’s upcoming National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW), which will be held Oct. 23-29, with wide dissemination of information and a series of topic-focused releases and webinars to spread awareness and lead to community and legislative action.

On August 11th, NYLCV co-hosted a policy roundtable focused on lead service line replacement with Congressman Paul Tonko, the representative for New York’s 20th congressional district, held at his district office in Albany.

We recently co-hosted a virtual town hall with mayors from four states in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan. The mayors called on Congress to pass the Build Back Better $3.5 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, highlighting the family-sustaining union jobs that would be created with a transformational investment in clean energy.

We're excited to share that our endorsed candidate for Albany Mayor, Kathy Sheehan, and East Hampton Supervisor, Peter Van Scoyoc, won their primaries! Some results in New York City are still pending. 

We're excited to release our policy priorities for the Capital Region - our Capital Region 2021-2022 Policy Agenda. We will

Today we announced our final round of endorsements in the 2020 election cycle - 17 candidates with exceptional environmental records.

Today we announced our third round of endorsements in the 2020 election cycle, endorsing 16 candidates with exceptional environmental records, including Mondaire Jones in the race to replace Rep. Nita Lowey (CD-17).